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Friday, August 21, 2009
Southwest Chess Club: Updates
We're back home from vacation and it's time to catch up and take care of business.
Thanks to Tom Fogec of SWCC for the following news and results of the Club's 2009 Championship. Tom reported that a record 48 players participated in this year's Championship, including 9 chess femmes (hooray!):
Club Championship:
1st: John Becker
2nd: John Veech
3rd: Jerry Zhou
4th: Allen Becker
Class A/B (combined):
1st: Johnathan Ireland
2nd: Andrew Grochowski
3rd: Corrado Cirrilo
4th: Robin Grochowski
5th: Jeff Pokorski
6th: Tom Fogec
Class C:
1st: Robert Penkwitz
2nd: Steve Richardson
3rd: Jonathan Hildeman
Class D:
1st: Vilas Gaddameedi
2nd: Peter Joachim
3rd: Alena Huang
Class E:
1st: Reid Seghers
2nd: Justin Luebbe
3rd: Curt Neumann
Under 1000/unrated:
1st: Sabrina Huang
2nd: Jacob Glumm
3rd: Nathan Brower
4th: James Jester
5th: Ravina Sachdev
6th: Charles Lippert
You can find further news and results, including a cross-table, at the Club's blog.
SWCC is busy! Upcoming events:
Dog Days of Summer Dance August 27, & September 3 & 10
3-Round “Round-Robin” (a “Quad”). Four chess players to a Quad. Game/90 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5. TD is Grochowski; ATD is Fogec
Southwest Chess Club versus Waukesha on August 29
at ProHealth Care Park, 2950 South Sunny Slope Road, New Berlin (event will be held outdoors, weather permitting)
First Round game starts at 10:00 a.m.
Each person will play two games (G/60) against an opponent, one with the white pieces and one with the black pieces. We will be providing drinks and snacks also.
Colored Leaves Rattle-the-Pawns Blitz: September 17
10-Round (Round-Robin) in One or more Sections (depending on number of players). Game/5 minutes. USCF Quick-Rated. EF: $5. TD is Becker; ATD is Grochowski
SWCC membership is only $10 a year. If you live in the area (or even if you don't), please consider joining the Southwest Chess Club and supporting a great group of chessplayers!
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